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Consumer confidence rose in February, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

New home sales dipped 0.9% in January after hitting a one-year high the previous month, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Con-way Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit jumped as its truckload, less-than-truckload and logistics operations all improved.

Saia Inc. said its fourth-quarter operating income increased more than three fold to $6.2 million, from $1.8 million in the prior-year period.

U.S. intermodal traffic declined 5.6% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Supply chain technology firm Intermec Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss of $21.6 million, or 36 cents per share, compared to a profit of $7.9 million, or 13 cents, a year ago.

Echo Global Logistics said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 68.5% to $3.5 million, or 16 cents per share, from $2.1 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.

Qualcomm Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter net income rose 20% to $1.4 billion, or 81 cents per share, from $1.2 billion, or 71 cents, a year ago.

The expansion of the Panama Canal will have the greatest effect on shipments to a handful of states stretching from Ohio to Georgia but will offer only modest cost savings to shippers, a consultant to the U.S. Maritime Administration said.